How the hell is she Captain?

[flandry84]

Not a single calender year has gone by since 2007 without a DS9 novel. The story's moving along just fine.

Yeah,good one.

Hands up all those who are satisfied with the current state of DS9 lit.
If as you say Plagues of night gets the saga back on track then no one will be more delighted than me.It just feels as though we have been seeing Vaughn and co.through second hand accounts,as it were.

 

[Christopher]

^The book is already out, you know. You could just buy it and find out for yourself.

 

[Sci]

Not a single calender year has gone by since 2007 without a DS9 novel. The story's moving along just fine.

Yeah,good one.

Well, you know, we saw Fearful Symmetry and The Soul Key wrap up the cliffhanger from 2006's Warpath in 2008 and 2009. Immediately thereafter, we got the brilliant The Never-Ending Sacrifice. At the end of 2010, we got the DS9 novel Zero Sum Game, and then we got Rough Beasts of Empire right on top of it, just two months later. Just one month later, we got Paths of Disharmony, and now, only about a year later, we've got Plagues of Night. So while, yes, there was a period from 2006 to 2008 when we weren't getting them regularly, I'm not sure how we can say that's a bad pace for DS9 these days.

 

[shanejayell]

I think people are still cross over the time jump. *shrug*

 

[DS9forever]

^ Would those be the same people who wanted the series to jump?

 

[JoeZhang]

Did the latest book fill any more of the gaps?

 

[JD]

Not a single calender year has gone by since 2007 without a DS9 novel. The story's moving along just fine.

Yeah,good one.

Hands up all those who are satisfied with the current state of DS9 lit.
If as you say Plagues of night gets the saga back on track then no one will be more delighted than me.It just feels as though we have been seeing Vaughn and co.through second hand accounts,as it were.

I am. The Typhon Pact books have done a good job of bringing DS9 up to the modern day in the Novelverse. They've done quite a bit to move the stories of the DS9 characters forward.You might not be happy with some of the directions things have gone, but that doesn't mean you can say there has been no progress. Just because the books don't say Star Trek: Deep Space Nine doesn't mean they don't deal with the DS9 characters.

 

[Therin of Andor]

^ Would those be the same people who wanted the series to jump?

Yep.

 

[shanejayell]

Did NOT want the jump, personally, and I do wish the Ascendants story had actually been shown. Still, what do ya do?

 

[ICW]

I really don't mind the jump. I think the DS9 events have been covered tremendously.

Plus, I have hope we'll read those stories someday.

 

[Thestral]

At the end of 2010, we got the DS9 novel Zero Sum Game, and then we got Rough Beasts of Empire right on top of it, just two months later. Just one month later, we got Paths of Disharmony, and now, only about a year later, we've got Plagues of Night.

How does Paths qualify as a DS9 novel? I mean, unless you count all Titan novels as Voyager novels because they have Tuvok?

 

[rfmcdpei]

At the end of 2010, we got the DS9 novel Zero Sum Game, and then we got Rough Beasts of Empire right on top of it, just two months later. Just one month later, we got Paths of Disharmony, and now, only about a year later, we've got Plagues of Night.

How does Paths qualify as a DS9 novel? I mean, unless you count all Titan novels as Voyager novels because they have Tuvok?

Paths of Disharmony featured Sisko, arguably the central character of the show, while highlighting his relationships with other characters including Kira and his family members in the context of his relationship with the Prophets.

 

[Thestral]

Err, I think you're thinking of Rough Beast of Empire. Paths of Disharmony featured the Enterprise crew on Andor dealing with the fertility crisis and their decision to secede, and guest-starred Shar from DS9.

 

[{ Emilia }]

the Enterprise crew on Andor dealing with the fertility crisis

I giggled.



I'm sorry.

 

[Thestral]

 

[rfmcdpei]

Err, I think you're thinking of Rough Beast of Empire. Paths of Disharmony featured the Enterprise crew on Andor dealing with the fertility crisis and their decision to secede, and guest-starred Shar from DS9.

Doh!

Suffice it to say that there's been plenty of DS9 content.

 

[Sjaddix]

Reminds where is andor located in the federation. Although, not like it matters too much a founding member calling it quits is dangerous in itself.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I couldn’t agree more with the OP.

I’ve heard Ro got a captaincy, but not read the novel that occurs in. Yes she got backing from Picard when Bajor entered the UFP and her commission was ‘reactivated’, but still I would think Starfleet would be highly dubious about putting her in charge. Also what happened to Kira? The only way I could see her giving up the station would be if she was carried out in a coffin.

As for Chakotay, Paris, Torres and the rest of the Maquis, they had seven years to prove themselves (which they did time and again) onboard Voyager. That combined with the severe lack of trained personnel following the end of the war would be in their favour.

Then there is the Worf question. Seeing as how it was never stated he had left diplomatic service, part of me still believes he was a guest for the wedding who decided to stick around for one last hurrah with his old shipmates, before returning to Qo’noS. But then again there is probably some fanon out there that comes up with a perfectly good excuse why he left being a high-profile ambassador to resume a career which shouldn’t have much prospect of advancement.

 

[rfmcdpei]

Then there is the Worf question. Seeing as how it was never stated he had left diplomatic service, part of me still believes he was a guest for the wedding who decided to stick around for one last hurrah with his old shipmates, before returning to Qo’noS. But then again there is probably some fanon out there that comes up with a perfectly good excuse why he left being a high-profile ambassador to resume a career which shouldn’t have much prospect of advancement.

At the end of the A Time to ... series, the aftermath of the Tezwa crisis--involving, among other things, Worf taking advantage of his relationship with Gowron and Section 31 technology to steal command codes for the Klingon fleet--left Worf terminally disgusted with his diplomatic career.

 

[rfmcdpei]

Reminds where is andor located in the federation. Although, not like it matters too much a founding member calling it quits is dangerous in itself.

Andor is located in the Federation's core, Star Charts placing it in orbit of Procyon, a mere dozen light years or so from Earth and Vulcan.

The evidence seems to indicate that Andor's importance to the Federation was less than its status as a founding member might suggest, with Andorian isolationism and demographic issues leading to long-term relative decline as other species and worlds (Earth, Vulcan, Alpha Centauri, Tellar) grew and new civilizations were added.